By Marissa Kuzirian, Investment Manager, PLSG In collaboration with Fourth River Solutions Imagine a market valued at $135 billion, yet still considered too immature in which to invest. A market that deals in products invisible to the naked eye, yet which can yield incredible advances in human health. That market is known as nanomedicine. Defined as the application of knowledge …

From all of us at The Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse With Thanksgiving just a week away, we wanted to take a moment to let you know how thankful we are to have such a robust Life Sciences Community with members like you. We hope you and your family have a wonderful Thanksgiving and a joyous holiday season. We also would …

A greenhouse’s primary function is to help things grow. To create or simulate the optimal environment to spur as much of that growth as possible, actually. In our case, the pursuit and promotion of growth focuses on the life sciences. Our name – the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse – wasn’t chosen by accident. My connection with PLSG has been long …

When I was growing up, I always wanted to be an accountant. I guess I thought my math interests and skills were a good fit for that profession. When I was in college, I quickly found out that math skills were certainly a help, but analytical skills and basic understanding of a process and logical structure were extremely important. After …

As the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse marks its 15th Anniversary this year, one member of the team has enjoyed the long view of the organization’s history, evolution, and impact. His is the first face you see when you walk into PLSG’s offices – mine, in fact. Holding the record as the longest-serving PLSG employee at 13 years, I joined the …

After hours, and a person no one recognized sat in the conference room of Medrobotics, a Boston-based medical device company’s offices. And not just any conference room, but one reserved for vendors in the lobby and a single door away from the company’s secure area. Plus, it looked like he had three laptop computers going at the same time. Best …

The “innovation ecosystem” represents a complex and interconnected journey, drawing heavily on initial research conducted at the university level, then moving through a chain of parties and decisions toward a goal of successful commercialization. This diagram outlines the system and the role of each function, starting with identifying the two main components, technology creation and technology commercialization. Technology Creation …

Digital Health is a complex system where ideas, trends, actions, and the ramifications that result, move at an ever-increasing rate of speed. In such an environment, it helps to have some level of consistency. A set of rules, some generally agreed-to guiderails, that can keep forward progress moving while still enabling innovation and achievement. That is why the U.S. Food …

In J.K. Rowling’s collection of “Harry Potter” novels, the titular character becomes increasingly immersed in an epic showdown between the forces of good and evil in the fictional world of magic. At the same time, he increasingly feels the need to go it alone – wanting to protect his friends and mentors from further danger. This goes on until, at …